Handle-fastener.



n PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

M. F; MHR. HANDLE PASTENEB.

constructed in nce-on MATTE-IAS F. HOER, OF ILAXTSVILLE, COXNECTICUT.

No. 895,389. specificati@ o: Lei-ers meent.

Application led March 5, 1.563.

` Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

sain No. 115.322,

To all'whom 'it may concern.: i Be it known that I, It'rxlvriirxs l?. Mmm, a citizen of the United Statesresiding :it Piantsvile., in the count-y ot Hzrrt-iord'nnd Siate of Connecticut, have invented n. new

and useful Im virovenient in Hamilr--Fnsteni ers; and I do i roby declare tho ollmving. vrh-x Laken informen-lion with the. cunnpsmying dr:m'ings*\nnd thel letters of referj ence marked thereon, to ho a fnll, deur, and exact descriptionlof the sinne., and which Q said drawings contitnte part of this speciiication, and represe1it in\f Figure l s. side \'"w\`-`of a screw driver rlh'tnvith my inrenlion, with the. grip reinm i3d; Fig: 2 s1 long: i u-.linai sectional view at. riglitynngles 'to i" 1. Fig. 3 a sectional view sl1o:\, v\`\f the si: inerlocked with the lnmdle.\.\ tional .view on the linel awb of 'di' :x ser-tional View off tool with sqniire shrink. l i

This invention relates to :in iinproYeni-nt- T :gi

:Ulli f r ahi-r nv the ends of the shrink :1re turned in handle fasteners for sere-w driw-rs kindred tools, that is, tools having a shank i entered into at handle; und the invention pffrleularly relates to menus for securing the shank in the handlel rind consists in the '30nsunt-tion hereinafter described :1nd yurr nriy recited in the claims.

1n carrying out .my invention, I prm'ide e. handle frame consisting of u cent-ral web2. 'errule sha )ed end 3 :md butt or mister 4- Emendinglongitudinally through the ferrule. and 3 is n hole corresponding-in slm ':a to the sha e of the sha-nk 6 of the. tool either round Q iss iown in Fig. 2 or square asshown in Fig. 5. i The inner end of this shank is notched, orming fngers 7 and 8 and irefernbly the edge Q n. rhe- Web 2 which is in iin@ with the hel 5 be slightly tapered. In assembling die rens the shank 6 is driven through the ferraie into the handleI :md so that. theingers 7 g :ad S will ps1-ss on o posite sides or' the cenusl web 2, and as t ie shank is driven home g ese fingers will. be separated or turned i sfnst the inner {fic-e of the ferrule end, as mens-3- shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings so :Ls to merlock the shank of th tool'with the han-lie. Grips of wood or other suitable manner.

ther part of gny invention rclntes'td the .rrncion of the grip portion and consists .riring the. edge. of the weh with flanges S :in- .0 on opposite sides into which the edges of :he grips 11 and 12 will extend so thatJ in gripsishrinl: the will not form an liable to injnrc t- 1o hund of the opha.. die fastener for screw drivers or fd unis comprising a handle having n -==`e. shape-l rend und a. butt end or bolster, ndinai ventral web connecting the d npeninj; through said f rrule end .ri h Suid wel, combined with a shrink s; notched end adapted to pass said fernde and .find onto said web outward :and locked against the inner face of the E'errulo end l 2. A handle fastener for screw drivers or d tools puny-rising n. handle having a 1 opening through said ferrule end. h? j of the web in lino with said opening reifen-xi. combined with :i shank having s fn :rt its in 'xer end, snid shank adapted to 1.: forced through .Quid ferrule end and onto the web whereby the ends of the shank are turned outward and locked against. the inner ff :he r'erruie end.

t-sininny whereof, I have signed this .ric-n in the presence of two subscrib- W. n. norm, CASPER Husum. 4

eriai will be secured to the web 2 in tho e sharp-ed euri und a. butt end or bolster, 'nufinml eenrrrd wel) connecting the. 

